1. Phoebe Chair: my mom got us this beautiful chair from West Elm as a housewarming gift. We sat in a bunch of chairs in the store and once we decided which one we wanted we let my mom know what to get. And it happened to be 30% off! The chair arrived this week, and we love it. You can get this chair in a variety of fabrics and colors and there’s another leg option, but we picked the standard distressed velvet in ink blue with brass legs. It goes well with our color scheme and it shipped quickly. Some of the options take up to 12 weeks to ship! No thank you.

Four Years of Blogging

I can’t believe it’s already been four years since I started this blog! I’ve lived in four different places during over these four years: Park Slope and Windsor Terrace in Brooklyn, then we moved to DC and rented an apartment for almost two years before moving into a home that we bought. Phew! I’m happy we won’t need to move anytime soon.

A Dream Bathroom Vanity

The master bathroom in our new home is quite large, at least compared to our previous bathrooms. Many years in NYC will make any bathroom outside the city look like a damn spa! My first Brooklyn apartment had no bathroom sink…true story.

Our master bathroom has two sections: one area with double sinks, and another area with the toilet and shower. Across from the sinks was a large empty area perfect for a built-in vanity for me. So we built one. AND IT IS GLORIOUS. Behold:

Shining Carpet, Cat Soap Dispensers, Whale Shower Curtain

1. The Shining Carpet Welcome Mat: one of the items I asked for over the holidays was this “Hotel Doormat” from Middle of Beyond. My mom got it for me as a holiday gift; I saved it until we moved into our new home. We have our fun new doormat at the front door to greet visitors. As long as I don’t start seeing creepy twins and our elevator doesn’t have a REALLY heavy period (JK, we don’t have an elevator), I think our house will be okay.

Some Fun Beauty Purchases

I took unofficial break from buying beauty products for a bit because I bought a lot in the fall and early winter. After the New Year I ordered a few goodies but didn’t have an opportunity to take decent pics and write about them until after our move!

ColourPop recently released a line of BFF Mascaras in seven shades. As soon as I found out about them, I knew I had to try them! So I placed an order for a bunch of fun items:

A Few January Empties + Lots of Sheet Masks

Happy February! We’re currently having a bit of a surprise snow storm here in DC after a couple days of super cold weather. Thanks, Polar Vortex!

I’m skipping my Friday Five this week because we moved into our new home on Tuesday and I’m already behind on a bunch of blog posts. I want to get to writing them ASAP! So in lieu of Friday Five, here are the products I emptied in January.

First Beauty Samples of 2019

My January Play! by Sephora box arrived last week but it’s taken me awhile to sit down and write a post because we moved into our new home on Tuesday! This post may feel a little scattered…if so, it’s because my life is literally scattered all around the new house right now. I did manage to film an unboxing video before our move, which you can take a gander at here:

My First Retinol, Cotton Candy, New Bed Frame, and more

1. Drunk Elephant A-Passioni: I’ve been hearing so much about the great things retinol can do for skin. So when Drunk Elephant recently released a retinol cream, I had to buy it! I actually didn’t use my own money—I had procured a $100 Sephora gift card using Rouge points, so I made the purchase with the gift card. SCORE! I haven’t started using A-Passioni yet because my skin has been a little upset due to the cold weather. I’ll wait until it has calmed back down and will slowly introduce it into my routine. I’m excited to see how it goes!